The lecture argues that people do not encounter reality as detached observers of facts: their aims determine what they notice, while stories provide models for action, relationships, and moral judgment. Peterson traces this claim through attention and eye direction, competing narratives of sex and power, Genesis, the Fall, Christianity, and myths of confronting chaos. Kisin then questions Peterson’s critique of the Enlightenment and presses the issue of whether religious stories are merely useful or actually true. The discussion concludes by applying the confrontation-with-chaos principle to resilience, fear, and voluntary exposure.